Healthcare Practice - Professional Doctorate

The Professional Doctorate in Healthcare Practice programme will facilitate students to develop advanced skills in designing and conducting research and practice based inquiry relevant to their own area of practice. These skills are applicable to a variety of careers in healthcare, government
and non-profit (voluntary) organisations. The Professional Doctorate in Healthcare Practice programme will highlight specialist and transferable research skills within a programme consisting of taught modules and research thesis conducted over three years (full-time) or four years (part-time). The programme was developed and designed in conjunction with health service partners.

Details

• Level 10 Doctoral Programme
• Full-time (3 years): Part-time (4 years) with the option to transfer to the full-time programme and completing at the end of year five
• One intake per year (September)
• Open to all Health Care Professionals (Inter-professional)

Advantages of Studying at the University of Limerick

• Blended Learning approach to support student learning
• Variety of assessment strategies to suit adult learners
• Excellent library facilities
• Dedicated student supports (Writing Centre, Student Advisory System, Blended Learning)

The programme is delivered through blended learning which involves a combination of online and single on-campus workshop days and thesis supervision as follows:

Year 1

Semester 1 (Autumn) workshop days x 3 (plus individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel)

Semester 2 (Spring ) workshop days x 1 (plus individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel)

Semester 3 (Summer) individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel (Research Progression Review)

Year 2

Semester 1 (Autumn ) workshop days x 3 (plus individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel)

Semester 2 (Spring ) workshop days x 3 (plus individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel)

Semester 3 (Summer ) individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel. (Research Progression Review)

Year 3

Semester 1 (Autumn) individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel)

Semester 2 (Spring ) individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel)

Semester 3 (Summer) individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel (Research Progression Review)

Year 4

Semester 1 (Autumn) workshop day x 1 (plus individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel)

Semester 2 (Spring) individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel (Thesis submission)

Semester 3 (Summer) individual thesis supervision meetings with supervisory panel (Viva Examination)